Linuxcare Secures $32.5 Million From Dell, Sun, And Others
For Linux vendors, the coffers continue to runneth over.Linuxcare Inc. has secured $32.5 million in private funding
from a group of venture capitalists and technology
companies, including Dell Computer, Sun Microsystems,
Oracle, and Motorola. The San Francisco startup provides
technical support, systems integration, and user training
for the open-source operating system on behalf of vendors
including Dell, IBM, and Sun.
Patricof & Co. Ventures Inc. was the lead investor in
Tuesday's second round of financing for Linuxcare. The
prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist Kleiner Perkins
Caufield & Byers also participated, along with Apax Partners
Europe and Integral Capital Partners.
Linuxcare also made three small acquisitions. It bought the
Puffin Group in Ottawa, a privately held professional
services firm that has partnered with Hewlett-Packard to
bring Linux to HP's RISC-based servers. In addition,
Linuxcare bought Prosa, a six-person Italian consulting
firm, and Cheek Consulting in Seattle, which maintains a
database of Linux technical information.
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